An overhanging tree has caused five miles of traffic on the M40 near High Wycombe this evening ... facing 45 minute delays as two lanes of the motorway have been closed to carry out the works.

Now drivers are hitting traffic on surrounding roads in Beaconsfield, Loudwater, Flackwell Heath and Wycombe.

Heavy queues were spotted in the centre of High Wycombe after parts of the M40 near the town were closed due to a crash.

A MAJOR motorway was shut down after a car engulfed in flames forced drivers to take alternative routes. Lanes were closed on the M40 after the blaze erupted shortly before 4.30pm yesterday ...

Huge data centres up to 23.5m (77ft) high could be built on the site ... which would sit on a corner of Wycombe Air Park next to the M40. The data centres, which are essentially big warehouses ...

The M40 southbound is currently shut following a lorry blaze on the major motorway. The motorway is shut southbound between J16 for Hockley Heath and J15 for Warwick. Two lanes of three were ...

A major motorway has closed in part, sparking travel chaos just one day before Christmas. The HGV overturned on the M40 in Oxfordshire. All lanes between junctions 8A and 6 have been closed as a ...